Category: Government & Politics

Tapping on The Strategic Petroleum Reserves Solves Nothing

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The Biden administration has decided to release 50 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves to quell the rising prices of gasoline.

32 million barrels will be an exchange and 18 million barrels are an advance release from a prior authorized sale.

What all these mumbo-jumbo means for American consumers? Absolutely nothing, zero, zilch, nada.

The United States consumes an average of 18.2 barrels of petroleum daily. At that pace, the amount released is only good for about three days, so you do the math.

Additionally, it will take at least two weeks to make all this happen, so do not expect to see any relief at the pump any time soon. You will continue to pay high gasoline prices, period.

As is garden variety with the Biden administration, this is nothing more than empty gestures. They know this is not going to alleviate our gasoline problem, but it makes them look like they are doing something.

Folks, they are not doing anything. Unfortunately, their base is dumb enough to see it, and with a left-wing media apparatus covering every mistake the administration makes, not too many people are going to see it for what it is, and they will praise the administration for it.

In the meantime, the government is going to pillage our reserves while shutting down energy sources that could safeguard our own future and energy independence.

Since we do not produce much anymore; how is the administration plan to restock the reserves? They do not know.

This has nothing to do with OPEC, the Trump administration, or none of that other nonsense the Biden administration wants you to believe. This has everything to do with the administration’s lack of a solid energy policy and our forced dependency on foreign oil.

In the words of Forrest Gump, “as stupid as stupid does.” The United States has been run by very stupid people.

Are These People Dangerous to Your Health?

Fauci, Psaki, Biden, Walensky

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As we continue to face the government induced COVID-19 hysteria, our own government continues to move the goal posts to justify their agenda.

On a Sunday CNN interview, Fauci was unable to give a clear answer when asked if booster shots were going to be necessary to classify Americans as “fully vaccinated.”

“We’re going to be following that very carefully” Fauci was quoted as saying. He went on to say the Biden administration “might modify the guidelines.”

Americans “should not be put off by the fact that as time goes by and we learn more and more about protection,” the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ might change. That is reassuring coming from a man who has gotten it wrong from the start.

Today, if you have gotten the double doses from the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines you are considered “fully vaccinated.”  The same goes with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Unfortunately, these bureaucrats want you and me to continue to get booster after booster after booster, with no end in sight and without a logical explanation.

On another interview with ABC News, Fauci went on to say, “We’ll continue to follow the data because right now when we’re boosting people, what we’re doing is following them.” “We’re going to see what the durability of that protection is.”

Efficacy ratings are all over the place, and with the introduction of several variants, the numbers are even murkier. The only actual data on boosters is coming out of Israel and it is only about 30 days of data. That’s not enough data to make an informed decision.

In my opinion, Fauci does not know the efficacy of the vaccines, so he’s throwing garbage at the wall and see if some of it sticks.

I would love to know what “data” Fauci, and his gang are following, because their data is either faulty at best or phony at worst. It changes so much from network to network, from interview to interview, they can’t keep up with it.

In the past, the CDC Director, Rochelle Walensky has been quoted as saying the official definition of ‘fully vaccinated,’ “may” need to change in the face of booster shots availability.

What is the magic number? They do not know!

Let us keep on jabbing until the narrative is justified. It does not matter who dies in the process. After all the government and pharmaceuticals are fully exempt from responsibility and cannot be sued by victims of their experiments.

This is what happens when career bureaucrats are in charge of things they don’t understand.

Are these people dangerous to your health? You bet!

Sources:  CNN and ABC’s This Week

A Nation of Parasites

Meanwhile the government continues to create a society of parasites. Photo courtesy of informationng.com

I started working when I was thirteen years old cleaning dishes at a pizza shop. During the summertime school break, I worked stacking shoes at a local shoe store.

As far as I can remember, I always held some type of job growing up. It felt good to be a productive person, it felt good to be an independent human being, and the extra money was always good.

At twenty, I joined the Army, and after my Army service, I went on to a successful and fulfilling career in federal law enforcement.

Since the start of COVID-19, the government has created a new class of Americans. Those who get paid to stay at home, people who contribute nothing to society while getting a paycheck they did not earned.

Businesses cannot hire employees because they cannot beat the “free” money government is giving away. Many businesses have gone out of business because of this government action, which I believe is purposely done as an excuse to nationalize as much private businesses as possible and replace them with outfits like Walmart and Amazon.

I see body able people standing at traffic lights begging for money, while across the street is a business with “we are hiring” signs. They are not getting any money from me.

These people seem to have no shame or pride. They stand in there and look at you like you owe them something, and if you refuse to open your window, they look at you with hate and disdain.

What about getting a job? What about being a productive member of society? They do not care because our own government has created these parasites. The government has become a “Nanny State” and people have lost all sense of self-respect.

I never envisioned an America where people would be fine with the thought of being a government ward. That is what we are witnessing in our country today. People sitting at home without a reason to get off their behind and do something meaningful with their lives.

This goes even further; this is also a case of intellectual atrophy. When the brain is not active and people deprive themselves of critical thinking, human beings cannot function properly in a civilized society.

The workplace offers an opportunity to interact with other human beings, share of ideas, and discuss everyday issues. It gives one a sense of purpose, a sense of being.

When the government pays people to stay at home, it is deliberately creating a dependency class. Venezuela tried that and eventually ran out of money to give away and rich people to steal it from.

Has the government and COVID-19 created a new class of American citizen?

Perhaps; a parasitical class.

The Out of Touch Mr. Schumer

The Energy Crisis and the Petroleum Strategic Reserves

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York. He smiles while you cry! Photo courtesy of ntnews.com.au

To read blowhard liberals like Chuck Schumer complain about Joe Biden’s failed energy policies is a not a funny joke.

Over the weekend, Schumer was reported as saying gas prices were hurting millions of Americans and Biden must open the country’s petroleum strategic reserves to alleviate the prices at the pump.

I know Schumer is not the brightest bulb in the Democratic Party chandelier, but anybody who has been paying attention to this mess, understands this was a crisis perpetrated by the Biden administration.

The moment Biden shutdown pipelines and canceled drilling contracts, he killed the energy independence the United States achieved during the Trump administration.

We have the resources to produce and fulfill our energy needs. The strategic reserves are not to be used whenever we have an incompetent government in charge who wishes to pander to their left-wing benefactors.

The strategic reserves are not for hedging gas prices, they are to be used as a source for emergency fuel. Our current inventory as of November 2021 is 606.1 million barrels. Our current authorized storage capacity is 714 million barrels.

Current inventory and transactions as of November 2021

We are not even at maximum capacity, and they want to use what we have to fix the problem they created.

The highest inventory achieved in the United States was back in 2009 with a total of 726.6 barrels. At the end of CY 2019 (as of December 31, 2019), the SPR’s crude oil inventory was 634.9 million barrels.

You can read more about it here:  https://www.energy.gov/fecm/strategic-petroleum-reserve-9

Back to Schumer. He was quoted as saying, “Let me say what we all know: we’re all feeling the pain at the pump right now.”

Nice try Chuck. I’ll bet Schumer has not driven a car or filled up a gas tank in decades.

He rides around in his government issued vehicle and the taxpayers pay every time his chauffer fills up the tank. Schumer knows nothing about the real pain Americans are feeling these days.

Chuck Schumer is a career politician who has never held a real job in his life. When was the last time the senator had to make a tough financial decision? When was the last time the senator had to make a choice between paying his mortgage or feeding his children?

Chuck Schumer is nothing more than another out of touch politician who keeps getting elected to office because he has deep pockets to do so. He’s not what the Founding Fathers envisioned for our country.

You can share your story with Chuck right here:

https://www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/email-chuck

Sources:  One American News Network, U.S. Department of Energy

Joke of the Week

Lovely A. Warren, Mayor of Rochester, N.Y.

Lovely A. Warren, Democrat Mayor of Rochester, New York Photo courtesy of truenewshub.com

As reported by One America News Network, the mayor of Rochester has declared a state of emergency due to the ongoing gun violence throughout the city.

Interesting since New York state has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, mostly affecting law abiding citizens.

She was quoted as saying the declaration was a result of “unprecedented levels of gun violence.”

The funny part is how she decided to address the issue. She vows to address the problem in a “holistic” manner.

Is she serious? She is going to tackle gun violence with a philosophical approach. I am sure criminals in Rochester are shaking in their shoes.

Only a Democrat out of touch like mayor Warren would produce such nonsense.

The only way to tackle real crime is with real law enforcement and with citizen involvement. Unless law enforcement is allowed to do their jobs and citizens stop protecting the criminals, anything less is just a show and a waste of time.

She is asking for more help from state and local law enforcement; is she willing to allow law enforcement to do their job or is she going to micromanage the response?

The bad joke is on the citizens of Rochester. After all, their own government was advocating for defunding the police and now they do not know what to do.

Good luck with those mental health workers stopping gun carrying criminals.

A bad joke indeed!